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DEKSI Network Administrator Changelog

What's new in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.7

Dec 27, 2017
  • Added the new "Combined check results" monitoring check type.
  • Added the new "Expression check" monitoring check type.
  • Added the automatic VLAN list discovery for CISCO switches. There is no need to specify the VLAN list using @ in the Community field anymore.
  • Added ability to quickly connect several hosts with a switch using lines. Select the hosts on the map, display the switch context menu, and select "Edit | Connect selected hosts to this switch."
  • Added ability to quickly delete redundant connection lines on the network map. To do this, select a switch, display its context menu, and select "Edit | Delete all lines from connected hosts except the main line."
  • Added the "Save all" function which saves all opened network maps in the program.
  • Added new substitution keys in the notification settings, in the "Run application" section.
  • Added the automatic saving of the map opening order. On the program start, maps will be loaded in the order they were opened before the program closing.
  • Added ability to open the alert settings in the device menu.
  • Improved the network map scaling so when everything becomes small, the OS and check status icons do not disappear but just become smaller.
  • Fixed the issue with missing labels for vertical and horizontal lines.
  • Fixed saving and loading polylines.
  • Added changing the line color according to the check result to the web UI too.
  • Fixed displaying incorrect downtime in the polling statistics.
  • Fixed processing numeric values in the SNMP check (in the range check).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.6 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • WEB: Added the secure HTTPS protocol support in the web UI. Check the "Web" section of the program settings for the HTTPS access configuration.
  • Added changing the connection line color for a host as a respond to the host's monitoring check result. You can configure the program to mark connection lines by red color if some connection fails.
  • Added ability to configure response to a case when a process is started (not only when it is stopped as it was before) in the "Process existence" check result.
  • Added ability to select all devices of a single type on the map.
  • Added the "Test" buttons to the TCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP check configuration window (and to some other checks).
  • Added storing the program visual settings on the program restart (fonts, etc.)
  • Added ability to select all checks on the "Check List" window.
  • Improved the network device icon arrangement algorithm.
  • Improved the "JScript" and "VBasic" monitoring check operation.
  • Fixed a site monitoring bug for the HTTPS protocol.
  • Removed the "Record to Syslog" action from the Syslog monitoring alert which caused looping.
  • Fixed an email sending issue when the standard connection is used (non-secure).
  • Fixed the SNMP parameter copying error which raised when a host with the SNMP monitoring check was copied.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.5 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Improved the design of the program windows.
  • Added the slideshow function for the web UI mode. Your maps will be rotated in the web UI according to the time interval specified in the program settings.
  • Added the proxy server support for sending email notifications.
  • Added the "Response timeout" parameter to the "Linux/SSH" monitoring check.
  • Added the fractional number support in the SNMP parameters' value monitoring

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.4 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Added the new ink level check for monitoring the ink/toner level in network printers.
  • Added the new network interface (switch port) check.
  • Added the "Linux/SSH" check for the performance monitoring of various parameters (cpu load average, hdd, mem) on *nix systems (linux, freebsd, android, etc.). This check allows you to execute any custom bash scripts or commands, and to process its output.
  • Added a lot of new device icons of the standard network equipment: routers, hubs, switches, gateways, etc. The enhanced icon library is only available when a new copy of the program is installed and you did not configure your own device database.
  • Added a new convenient dialog for creating new monitoring checks. It contains checks split in groups by applicable device types (switch, server, printer, etc.)
  • Added ability to receive SNMP traps in the UTF-8 encoding.
  • Optimized the network device searching algorithm.
  • Removed displaying the check status icon for the "Always on" devices in order not to mix them up with devices that are really being monitored.
  • Fixed a bug with displaying horizontal and vertical lines.
  • Fixed the map automatic saving function on exit (when no saving query is displayed).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.3 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Web: Added sound alarms in the web browser. The main program's sound alarms are duplicated in the web UI.
  • Enhanced the downtime settings in the monitoring parameters. You can configure various downtimes for each day of week now.
  • Added the "Total monitored downtime" and "Downtime rate" columns in the monitoring statistics report.
  • Added the substitution key "sender OID" (in the SNMP trap monitoring).
  • Added the search function on the Switch Connection Table window.
  • Added the compact view mode for the main window (when the toolbar is hidden).
  • Fixed the error when the area border's color could not be set.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.2 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Added the automatic map size adjustment according to the loaded background image size.
  • Fixed the area properties editing bug. If the area border width was more than 1 pixel, the border style was not changing.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.1 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Added more coloring to the device icons for better distinction.
  • Added ability to disable SSL for sending email alerts.
  • Fixed the "undo" support for the object formatting.
  • Fixed found bugs.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 8.0 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • We completely redesigned the program and changed the graphics engine to the new vector one. The map editor is more advanced now and supports all features of the new vector graphics. New vector device icons can now be resized to any size you want remaining the image quality. Compare this with old pixelated 16x16 and 32x32 icons!
  • The network map can now be scaled arbitrarily (including the selected area zooming) providing good image quality.
  • The Web UI was also totally redesigned for displaying the new vector icons. It has got new abilities and design.
  • Changed the program interface to a new modern looking style.
  • Added the true multiple document interface for opening, displaying, and editing several maps on the screen simultaneously.
  • Added the new device type creation (instead of just changing icons for existing types as it was before).
  • Added the vector icon and device type importing from the MS Visio icon set library files (.vss).
  • Added ability to lock the line and area layers for getting more comfort while editing big maps.
  • Updated the NIC manufacturer database.
  • Added the device status color changing. This means if some monitoring checks fail for a device, its filling color changes to red so you can easily notice the failing device (or a group of devices) on the map. (The previous program versions were displaying failed devices by gray shadowing.)
  • Added support for the multiple string device labels.
  • Added ability to lock the diagram window at the bottom of the program window, just below the map. To do this, drag the "diagram and statistics" window down while the cursor appears near the map's lowest border.
  • Added ability to select diagrams for displaying on the "diagram and statistics" window.
  • Added ability to monitor values received during the "VBScript" and "JavaScript" monitoring check operation. You can monitor a wide range of various system parameters using these checks. For example, you can monitor the RAM usage.
  • Added new substitution keys in the alert settings (on the "Run application" section).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.8 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Added ability to substitute custom values instead of OID's in received SNMP traps ("Settings" - "SNMP").
  • Added ability to use the date inserting substitution keys in the file name field in the file existence check.
  • Added ability to export values of the host polling statistics to a CSV file ("Monitoring" - "Export all checks").
  • Improved the program compatibility with some models of GSM (3G/4G) modems for sending SMS alerts.
  • Improved the host checking on maps when a host is added from the new host scanning procedure (when a new host has several IP and MAC addresses).
  • Fixed a bug in the downtime counting procedure (for the past period).
  • Fixed a bug in filters of the SNMP traps receiver.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.7 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Added the "SMS center" option in the SMS settings.
  • Optimized the web map generating in the graphic image mode.
  • Fixed bug in receiving SNMP traps.
  • Fixed the email encoding to UTF-8 by default for messages sent via SSL/TLS.
  • Improved the program operation during long periods without restarting.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.6 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Added the Spanish interface language support
  • Added ability to export network maps to the CSV format (hosts with addresses and some other properties)
  • Added ability of importing hosts from text files (addresses, MAC addresses, names, and descriptions)
  • Added ability to configure custom email subjects for each alert
  • Added creation and maintaining of separate monitoring statistics for each map
  • Improved the error diagnostics in the switch port monitoring check
  • Fixed a non-critical bug in the HTTP check
  • Fixed using proper configured fonts during the map printing and exporting to a graphic file
  • Fixed a bug in the background new device detection process when new icons were placed together, too close to each other
  • Removed the outdated function of sending messages using the Messenger service (AKA "net send")

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.5 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Improved the SNMP monitoring check's performance. To use this advantage when you update from previous versions of the program, you need to disable the "Use SNMP WinAPI" option (in the "SNMP" section of the program settings) which was enabled by default in older versions
  • Improved the SMS sending function when using a GSM/3G modem. A long message is now split in several shorter messages but received entirely. Improved the error diagnostics
  • Added the following parameters to the table with a list of checks: 1) "State Change Time" and 2) "Last Check Time"
  • Added the "Offset" parameter for the background image
  • Added the Unicode string support in the text search function of the "File existence" check
  • The program does not require the administrator rights on the first start anymore
  • Added ability to change the agent port number in the SNMP check (161 by default)
  • The web UI improved
  • Optimized the web interface operation. Network maps are generated and updated much faster now in the web mode
  • Added displaying the list of checks for the current map with ability of filtering checks by their state
  • Added storing the scrolling position on the map when you update the web page
  • Added displaying the context menu items according to the device type (the dynamic context menu)
  • Added displaying a popup hint with the host information when you point a network device on the web map
  • Added displaying the monitoring statistics on the web UI's main page (active processes, hosts being checked)
  • Added the sorting function to the map list
  • Added substitution of user keys configured in the context menu settings

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.4 (Feb 14, 2014)

  • Added the MIB browser feature. You can load any MIB files into the program and select necessary OIDs using the handy object tree.
  • Added support for all security levels for SNMPv3: authorization (MD5, SHA) and encoding (DES, TripleDES, AES).
  • Added ability to load and watch the archived stats (Service - Settings - Statistics - Load archived statistics...). The program will unpack the previously created zip archives and load the statistics files for displaying.
  • Added the new "Report on failures".
  • Added ability to break reports with diagrams on pages by days.
  • Improved the search function. Now you can search for hosts on all maps displaying the search results in a list with ability to move to hosts on the map.
  • Added the "First check in list" option in the monitoring check properties. Use it together with the "Do not run other checks from the list if..." function operation.
  • Added the "Add changed IP and MAC addresses to existing hosts" option (in the program settings). Enable this option if you want to add changed (new) IP and MAC addresses for a host to its list of current addresses during the address detection procedure. Otherwise, the old addresses will be replaced with new ones.
  • Added ability to specify the check description on its creation (in the Monitoring Check Creation Wizard).
  • Replaced the yellow warning sign with the red circle (a failure sign) for notifying a user about failed checks on embedded maps (if at least one host fails).
  • Improved the "Switch port" check. Added ability to specify the MAC address for a host which is monitored for the switch port changing.
  • Improved the "DNS" check. Added a protection against large server responses which are caused by errors or DDOS attacks.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.3 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Added ability to automatically close the SNMP trap and Syslog notification messages, send a record to Syslog, and substitute monitored parameters' values as command line parameters when running external applications (using keys).
  • Added ability to display values of some exact variables from the VAR list in the SNMP trap monitoring.
  • Added ability to load any type of image of any size for changing device icons on the graphic network map. The program supported only PNG and ICO files with the 16*16 and 32*32 image sizes. Now images are converted automatically to the necessary format.
  • Added displaying the monitoring activity indication for hosts, Syslog, and SNMP traps in the main window's status line.
  • Improved the ability to detect, enter, and store several MAC addresses for one mapped device. Now you can see and edit them in a more convenient way.
  • Fixed the line displacement issues arising in some cases.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.2 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • Added ability to select multiple lines and areas, move them, copy, paste, and edit properties. New drawing capabilities are described in the "Hotkeys" help topic.
  • Added the SNMP v2ñ protocol support to the network scanner module.
  • Added ability to edit multiple checks of the same type at a time.
  • Added ability to provide username and password for multiple checks selected in the "List of checks".
  • Added ability to edit multiple hosts at a time.
  • Added support for MS Visio 2013. Double links (rings) can now be exported.
  • Added the ASN1_COUNTER64 type parameter for the SNMP monitoring (64-bit traffic counters).
  • Added two new substitution keys for message texts: %RT - response time and %PV - monitored parameter value.
  • Added a new substitution key for the context menu: %M - MAC address.
  • Optimized the web UI's performance.
  • Improved the LLDP information retrieval procedure.
  • Fixed a bug in the domain information retrieval procedure.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.1 (Oct 16, 2013)

  • Added ability of skipping the LLDP information when creating a network map.
  • Added ability of skipping MAC addresses on all ports of switches in the report.
  • Fixed the diagram drawing which did not show negative monitored parameter values on graphs.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 7.0 (Oct 16, 2013)

  • Added the LLDP protocol support which is used for more precise network topology discovery and network map creation. This discovery method can be used separately or together with other network scanning methods supported by the program
  • Added ability to watch the LLDP data on the "System Information" window (the "SNMP" section)
  • Added ability to draw the ring links ("double" links)
  • Added storing the alert message window's position
  • Optimized the web UI operation when large maps are used

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.7 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Added ability to decrease the traffic consumption in the web UI by using lower quality background images.
  • Fixed some line and icon drawing issues (including the "zoom out" display mode which caused problems).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.6 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Added sorting by fields in the web UI.
  • Added displaying the list of monitoring checks in the web UI in the case of using an external web server.
  • Added ability to hide the upper and the side panels in the web UI.
  • Added the SNMP v2ñ protocol support in the "SNMP" monitoring check and the "System Information" window (the SNMP section).
  • Added substitution keys for inserting attributes from host comments to the command line parameters in the user context menu.
  • Added ability to edit parameters for multiple selected checks of one type at a time (in the "List of checks" window).
  • Improved the connection line drawing algorithm when scanning the network topology.
  • Improved the OS type detection by the TTL parameter in ping checks.
  • Fixed the line aligning problem in the "zoom out" view mode.
  • Fixed the area movement issue with lines inside areas.
  • Fixed the web UI password reset problem.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.52 (Jul 10, 2013)

  • Added sorting by fields in the web UI.
  • Added displaying the list of monitoring checks in the web UI in the case of using an external web server.
  • Added ability to hide the upper and the side panels in the web UI.
  • Added the SNMP v2с protocol support in the "SNMP" monitoring check and the "System Information" window (the SNMP section).
  • Added substitution keys for inserting attributes from host comments to the command line parameters in the user context menu.
  • Added ability to edit parameters for multiple selected checks of one type at a time (in the "List of checks" window).
  • Improved the connection line drawing algorithm when scanning the network topology.
  • Improved the OS type detection by the TTL parameter in ping checks.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.5 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Optimized the multithreading monitoring engine.
  • Optimized operation with the collected monitoring statistics data.
  • Changed the login/password delimiter to "::" for SNMPv3.
  • Fixed the program window positioning on the multi-monitor configurations.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.41 (Jan 25, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug caused the program to hang when a large number of WMI monitoring checks is used.
  • Fixed not displaying formatted text in the Event Log records ("Security") in some cases under Windows 7.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.4 (Nov 27, 2012)

  • Added ability to display several IP addresses and other information in device labels on maps.
  • Added IPv6 support in the ICMP ping check (other checks support IPv6). You can use IPv6 addresses as host addresses in the host properties.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.3 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • Added the Syslog monitoring support. The program can be used as the Syslog server.
  • Added sending messages to Syslog as a new notification method.
  • Added ability to create diagrams displaying the monitoring parameter changes in time. For example, this can be a CPU load, disk space, or some SNMP values, etc. The program stores received values of the monitored parameters and can build diagrams for any date or period of time.
  • Added the file age monitoring (the file creation, modification, and last access date and time monitoring).
  • Added the free disk space monitoring via SNMP and WMI. Now you can monitor free disk space on Linux hosts using SNMP.
  • Added the CPU usage monitoring check. It is based on the SNMP and WMI monitoring checks.
  • Added a new monitoring setting which allows considering a check as failed if the check's time of execution is larger than the limit value.
  • Added ability to select any existing Event Log in the "Event Log" monitoring check (not only default system logs "Application", "System", and "Security").
  • Added several templates for creating WQL requests in the WMI monitoring check. With their help, you can monitor some basic host's parameters (free memory size, disk space, CPU usage, running processes count, swap file size, etc.)
  • Added ability to create a report (with charts) for several selected hosts simultaneously (one page for each host).
  • Added ability to sort hosts by several parameters when aligning the hosts on map.
  • Added ability to select a precise time period (within hours, minutes, and seconds) for displaying statistics charts and diagrams.
  • Moved all the monitoring check's parameters to a dedicated page of the Wizard (that page contained the "Dependencies" in the previous version).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.2 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • Added the portable mode for the program's operation on USB drives, etc. In this mode the program settings are stored in the program folder. To run the program in the portable mode, run the executable file with the /p command line parameter.
  • Added ability to add and store several IP addresses for a single device on map.
  • Added renaming device types. Now you can create new device types based on our standard types and replace the standard icons to your own new icons.
  • Added the fast trace routing mode which is performed without resolving nodes' IP addresses to DNS names.
  • Added ability to use an image from Google maps as a background image.
  • Added reading MAC address tables from all VLANs on Cisco switches in the Map Creation Wizard. To do this, specify the community strings in the following format: community@vlannumber. For example, public@1,public@2,public@100. In this case, the program will gather the information from all the specified VLANs (1, 2, 100). This community string format can be used for reading the VLAN data from Cisco switches only.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.1 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • Added the program's integration with other DEKSI network products DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor (use the "Device | Bandwidth Monitor" menu item) and DEKSI Network Inventory (the "Inventory" menu).
  • The host properties window can be enlarged in the web UI.
  • Fixed a error with getting the connection table from a managed switch.
  • Fixed a bug with detecting a network card's vendor by its MAC address.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 6.0 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • Added SNMP trap support. The program can receive SNMP traps from network devices such as switches and UPS. Some models of UPS can send messages via SNMP traps and now you can receive them.
  • All the response time and downtime charts are now available via the web interface.
  • Added Windows Event Log monitoring. Now you can monitor Event Logs, watch for certain phrases in event records, and get notifications about this.
  • Added several new device types: "Domain controller", "DNS server", "Terminal server", "Virtual server", "Virtual computer", "Satellite", "Optical node", "Network Storage (NAS)", "Tape library", "UPS", "Plotter".
  • Added the response time reports for the last hour and for arbitrary period of time. Added the downtime report for arbitrary period.
  • Added creating summary reports on the monitoring stats for selected hosts and for all hosts on all maps.
  • Added displaying the route tracing results as arrows between hosts on the network map.
  • Added the "Do not run other checks from the list if the first check is passed" and "...if the first check is failed" options allowing you to configure monitoring checks' logic more flexibly. This feature can decrease the network and CPU load during the network monitoring process preventing unnecessary checks. The options can be configured on the "Monitoring settings" window, on the "Additional parameters" tab.
  • Added SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxy support (including SSL) in the HTTP (web server) monitoring check.
  • Added ability to draw arrows on maps.
  • Added TLS /SSL support for sending email notifications via the SMTP protocol.
  • Added ability to create text labels on maps. To do this, create an area and select the "Text label" option. You can configure the text font and alignment.
  • Added importing hosts and monitoring checks from another our network monitoring program DEKSI Network Monitor.
  • Added merging two network maps into one map. This feature combines results of the network topology scanning for two different networks.
  • Added the new "Attached file" attribute to the host properties. The attached file's name can be used in the context menu "Actions" to run external applications (using the %C-File% key).
  • Added ability to create items in the "Actions" context menu which allow switching to another map. Thus, you can create multi-level maps with ability to go from one map to another using switch icons.
  • Added a new default command for the "Actions" context menu. It is "telnet".
  • Added the "%S" key for substituting the check's short status (ON/OFF) to the notification message. We recommend using this key to shorten notification messages.
  • Added new types of notifications for the searching for new hosts function and for SNMP traps.
  • Added ability to send SMS messages to several recipients. Use semicolons ";" to divide the recipients.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 5.5 (May 27, 2011)

  • Added ability to add images to devices (for example, photographs).

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 5.3 (Oct 1, 2010)

  • Added searching for network devices using the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol. This function allows to discover routers, wireless devices, media servers and players, and all other UPnP devices on your local network.
  • Added options to hide the vertical and horizontal toolbars
  • Added ability to import network maps created in Friendly Pinger
  • Improved the Event Log reading mechanism for Windows Vista and 7.

New in DEKSI Network Administrator 5.1 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • Improved the network topology discovery algorithm when scanning a network and detecting device connection links.
  • Added ability to read MAC addresses from VLAN.
  • Optimized the program GUI to Windows 7 and Vista.